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Nearest Communities to Philip Junction,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Philip Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Philip Junction:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Philip Junction is located in Jackson County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Bennett, Haakon, Jones, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington & Todd.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Philip Junction. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Jackson County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Philip Junction (which is Jackson County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Philip Junction

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Jackson County   (where Philip Junction resides)
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Kadoka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Philip Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Philip Junction.
      • Sevenmile Corner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Corner
        • Sevenmile Corner is located in Jackson County
      • Kadoka Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kadoka Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kadoka Junction
        • Kadoka Junction is located in Jackson County
      • Kadoka
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cottonwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Cottonwood is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 10 people
      • Weta
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weta
        • Weta is located in Jackson County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
      • Cactus Flat
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cactus Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
        • Cactus Flat is located in Jackson County
      • Belvidere
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
        • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belvidere <4>
      • Interior
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Wanblee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanblee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanblee
        • Wanblee is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 725 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wanblee <4>
      • Stamford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stamford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
        • Stamford is located in Jackson County
  • Haakon County
    • County Seat for Haakon:   Philip
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Philip Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Philip Junction.
      • Philip
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Powell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
        • Powell is located in Haakon County
      • Elevenmile Corner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elevenmile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elevenmile Corner
        • Elevenmile Corner is located in Haakon County
      • Nowlin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nowlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowlin
        • Nowlin is located in Haakon County
      • Grindstone
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grindstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
        • Grindstone is located in Haakon County
      • Lucerne
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucerne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
        • Lucerne is located in Haakon County
      • Elbon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbon
        • Elbon is located in Haakon County
      • Hilland
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilland
        • Hilland is located in Haakon County
      • Ottumwa
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottumwa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottumwa
        • Ottumwa is located in Haakon County
      • Midland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Billsburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Billsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsburg
        • Billsburg is located in Haakon County
      • Hartley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
        • Hartley is located in Haakon County
        • Estimated population in 2014: 129 people
      • Dowling ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dowling have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling
        • Dowling is located in Haakon County
  • Pennington County
    • County Website:   www.co.pennington.sd.us/
    • County Seat for Pennington:   Rapid City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Philip Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Philip Junction.
      • Quinn
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
        • Quinn is located in Pennington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinn <4>
      • Wall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall
        • Wall is located in Pennington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wall <4>
      • Conata
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conata have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conata
        • Conata is located in Pennington County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Philip Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Philip Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9658, Longitude: -101.6613       In this case, the coordinates for Philip Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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